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A big step towards completing
the purchase and restoration of a
historic site in Egmondville was
taken Saturday afternoon.
The Ontario Heritage Foun-
dation presented a cheque of
$7,000 to the Van Egmond
Foundation Saturday to be used
in restoring the 125-year-old Van
Egmond home in Egmondville as
a historic site.
The grant was presented to
Mrs. John Baker, treasurer of the
local organization, by Fred Wade
of Toronto, past chairman of the
Ontario Heritage Foundation.
The handing-over ceremony,
held on the front lawn of the two-
storey Georgian house
overlooking the Bayfield River,
was also the official kick-off for
an area fund-raising campaign to
raise an additional $7,000 for the
house.
The Heritage Foundation has
promised that if their original
grant can be met through public
donations a second $7,000 award
will be made to the local group.
The home was purchased by
the Van Egmond Foundation last
spring from Mrs. Florence Smith
of Seaforth.
Both the $500 option to buy and
$14,000 ptirchase . price Were
raised through bank loans.
Restoration costs or the stone
structure, built in 1847 by Con-
stant Van Egmond, son of the
colorful adventurer Col.
Anthony Van Egmond, have been
estimated at about $15,000.
The fund raising campaign
includes mailing out 2,500
brochures describing the house
and restoration plans, which is
expected to bring in about $5,000.
The local foundation hopes to
raise another $500 from a
costume ball and dinner dance
this fall organized by the Seaforth
Chamber of Commerce.
James Doig of Seaforth,
chairman of the Van Egmond
Foundation was in charge of
Saturday's festivities and was
mainly responsible in organizing
the Foundation.
Several descendants of the Van
Egmond family were in at-
tendance Saturday. Also taking
part in the program were Huron
MP Robert McKinley, Seaforth
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AT VAN EGMOND CEREMONY Plans to restore the former
Van Egmond property in Egmondville received a real boost Saturday
when the Heritage Foundation presented a cheque for $7,000.
Shown above before the ceremony are from the left, Tuckersmith
Reeve Elgin Thompson; Jim Doig or Sea forth, chairman of the
Van Egmond Foundation; Seaforth Mayor Frank Sills and Jack
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Mayor Frank Si11s and
Tuckersmith township Reeve
Elgin Thompson.
The hisotrial significance of
this home dates back for 150
years when in 1819 Colonel
Anthony Van Egmond emigrated
from Holland to Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, where he
prospered at farming for 8 years.
In 1827 he arrived in Canada, with
a family of 5 sons and 3 daughters
and took up 100 acres of land in
the south east of Huron County.
lie swiftly cleared the 100 acres
and sowed and harvested the first
wheat in Huron County. The
reaping of the first sheaf was
Plan storm drain
with Stephen
At a special meeting, Thur-
sday, Exeter council agreed to
join with Stephen to have an
engineer draw up plans for a
storm drain on property within
the two municipalities.
The area is located in the south-
west section of the town, in the
vicinity of Waterloo St.
The two municipalities had
both expressed interest in
commencing the study earlier,
but couldn't agree on a starting
time. When Exeter was ready the
township wasn't, and vice versa,
Exeter council urged that B.M.
Ross and Associates, Goderich,
be asked to conduct the survey as
the firm already has con-
siderable data pertaining to the
area.
It was noted that in the town-
ship, residents may be allowed to
hook cellars into the storm drain,
while in Exeter they would not.
Members of council opined that
the drain may have to be deeper
than Exeter would require and
the additional cost for this would
have to be taken into con-
sideration in the cost sharing.
"That's one of the problems
we'll face in regional govern-
ment," Mayor Jack Delbridge
stated. "There are different
policies for urban and rural
communities",
Better clean-up
to be asked for
Exeter's RAP committee will
ask the rodeo committee to un-
dertake better cleanup of the
groundsto prevent arecurrence of
the complaints which arose
following this year's rodeo.
Residents in the Pryde
Boulevard area complained
about the amount of paper and
other refuse which blew onto
their properties.
"It was a mess," commented
RAP member Bruce Shaw, a
resident of Pryde Boulevard.
Bob Pooley said the main
grounds were cleaned up very
well after the rodeo and it may
have been an oversight that the
area at the south-east side of the
accomplished by Madame Van
Egmond, cut with a sickle and
bound by hand and the event was
celebrated in the best social
customs of the time
Van Egmond was no needy
immigrant. He had prospered in
Pennsylvania and applied this
same business sense to the Huron
Tract. In time he became the
largest land owner and the
wealthiest man in the district,
eventually acquiring 14,000
acres, but even with his wealth
the Colonel never lost his com-
passion for the poor immigrants.
Newcomers in need of help
found him liberal with his purse
and he donated sites generously
for schools and churches. He was
often solving their pressing
problems, such as, storing their
belongings and transporting
them to their destination,
Road building was another of
Van Egmond's greatest con-
tributions to the Huron Tract and
John Galt, the founder of the
Canada Company which was
opening the area for develop-
ment, commissioned Van
Egmond to construct a sound
road through the Tract, which
was to join Goderich with
Toronto.
Van Egmond's organization for
building the road was masterly
and it was put through with
tremendous dispatch. First went
an explorer followed by two
surveyors, with compasses and a
band of trail blazers. Then axe
men felled trees and cleared the
way.
To provide convenience in
travelling the long road from
Toronto, Van Egmond had
cabins, stage houses and inns
built every 20 miles. His ox teams
assured regular delivery of
supplies, and in 1837 it is reported
he had 20 four-horse teams
transporting settlers and their
belongings along the road.
His dream of creating a village
south of Seaforth on the Bayfield
River - Egmondville - was
never realized until his son
Constant took over the family
operations.
Restless as always, he became
interested in William Lyon
Mackenzie's struggle against the
Family Compact, running un-
successfully after losing in an
1835 election in Huron as a reform
candidate.
Asked to be Mackenzie's
military commander in the
rebellion, Van Egmond rode to
Montgomery's Tavern, arriving
just after the rebels were routed
by the British.
He was arrested, tried for
treason and died from pneumonia
in York jail Dec. 30, 1837.
Tax deductible receipts will be
forwarded for donations of $5 and
over. Contributions may be sent
to James Doig, RR 4, Seaforth.
community park was overlooked.
RAP chairman Gord Baynham
said he would draw the com-
plaints to the attention of the
rodeo committee.
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Get $7,000 grant
Restore historic home
As- part of its plan to offer
expanding services to the
residents of Lambton County,
Lambton College this year will be
attempting to organize courses to
be offered at the local high
schools in Petrolia, Watford and
Forest.
Courses to be offered include:
conversational French for the
beginner; basic interior
decorating; nutrition for
homemakers; private pilot
ground school; creative writing;
effective photography; speaking
in public; law for the citizen; how
to organize and chair a meeting.
Additionally, other courses
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offered in locations in the county
if there is sufficient interest.
-rhe College will soon be ap-
pointing a community liaison
representative who will assist the
College in identifying the
educational needs of the
residents of the county, and also
make people aware of the
educational services that the
College can and will• provide in
their community.
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times: Forest - Monday, Sep-
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Watford - Tuesday, September 19
7:30. - 9:30 p.m.; Petrolia -
Wednesday, September 20, 7:30 -
9:30 p.m. For further information
on courses being offered, contact
the Continuing Education
Division at the College - 542-7751.
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